Interns hold mock City Council meeting
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Otherwise empty on a Wednesday afternoon, the Old City Hall echoed with student voices as City Councilmember Kriss Worthington’s summer interns held a mock City Council meeting. Read More…
Berkeley city officials appeal decision in defamation lawsuit
Four Berkeley city officials filed an appeal on May 16, in response to a decision by the Alameda County Court in a defamation lawsuit brought against them by Sid Lakireddy, nephew of convicted sex-trafficker Lakireddy Bali Reddy. Read More…
Progressive slate candidates likely to win three seats on Rent Stabilization Board
Four contested seats on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board are likely to go mostly to candidates from the Progressive Affordable Housing Slate, data shows as of press time. As of Wednesday afternoon, with all voting precincts reported, the lead candidates are Judy Shelton, Asa Dodsworth and Alejandro Soto-Vigil from the Read More…
Rent board candidate says Capitelli aid trespassed, violated state and local law
Candidate for Berkeley Rent Board Alejandro Soto-Vigil has alleged that City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli’s campaign manager Pamela Gray went through his recycling bin Monday afternoon. Read More…
Choose a progressive affordable housing rent board slate
The race between the two competing slates for Berkeley’s Rent Board is remniscient of of the presidential contest, with Tenants United for Fairness claiming they’re for “transparency” and “fiscal responsibility,” but with only one slate with the experience and conviction to provide you fair rents and eviction protections. The Progressive Read More…
Two slates running for Berkeley Rent Board
The long-fueled tension between Berkeley tenants and property owners has taken on greater significance for Rent Stabilization Board candidates in this November’s electoral race. Read More…
CalDems endorse candidates for local elections
In the midst of Berkeley’s election season, Cal Berkeley Democrats held a meeting Thursday night in which they endorsed 10 candidates, including City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Kriss Worthington. Read More…
Pro-tenant rent board slate chosen at Tenant Convention
Berkeley residents gathered Sunday to elect a progressive pro-tenant rent board slate to run in the November local election. Read More…
New candidates running for city rent board include three UC Berkeley graduates
Three UC Berkeley graduates — John Nguyen, Stefanie Rawlings and Alejandro Soto-Vigil — will run for positions as commissioners on the city of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board. Read More…